fuel on the fire

oil & politics in occupied iraq

The departure of the last U.S. troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left a broken country and a host of unanswered questions. What was the war really about? Why and how did the occupation drag on for nearly nine years? And why did the troops have to leave? Now, in a gripping account of the war that dominated the last decade, investigative journalist Greg Muttitt takes us behind the scenes to answer these questions and tells the untold story of the oil politics that played out through the occupation.

-blackwells bookshop

"the iraqi civil society voices resound with dignity"

-new internationalist

"ludicrous conspiracy theory"

-office of tony blair

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Fuel on the Fire is a book on Iraqi oil politics since 2003. It reveals how the occupation powers sought to privatise Iraq's oil, their push for an Iraqi oil law and the campaign against them by Iraqi trade unions and civil society. The book helps us draw lessons for the future: what will be the impact of Iraq signing contracts with BP, Shell, ExxonMobil etc; and what does the Iraq war tell us about events in Libya and the broader Middle East?